NEWS IS POSTED HERE FOR REFERENCE AND DISCUSSED PRIMARILY VIA EMAIL, SPLINTER TELECONS, OR AS NEEDED AT THE LARGER DATA/EVENT WORKSHOP TELECON.

JULY 2015 SODAWG:

What other conferences need to be added? It will be best if ALL your potential travel – through January 2016 – is reflected here

Will add EGU (17-22 April 2016 in Vienna) and COSPAR (30 July - 6 August 2016 in Istanbul) shortly

AUG 5 IS AGU ABSTRACT DEADLINE! I Conveners will be organizing the abstracts received to the special session between 24 August and 4 September. Plans for oral and poster sessions will be finalized by the AGU section secretaries beginning Sept 9.

IMPORTANT TO THOSE USING SPEDAS:

The latest bleeding-edge version of SPEDAS contains NEW routines to fetch and store MMS data. Just this one time, the local mms data directory on your machine will need to be abandoned and reformed using this new software, which for ease of use now creates a local data directory that is identical in structure to that used by the SDC. Please direct questions to the SITL team.

SITL AND SCIENCE OPERATIONS NEWS:

CURRENT SITL IS: Mitsuo Oka. SITL on Deck is Katherine Goodrich.

The SITL function has been operating daily since July 15. Please see the SITL REPORTS page to browse the selections.

The first class of SITL scientists are being brought onboard in anticipation of their being able to start in early September.

Flight Dynamics Report:

FDOA is getting ready for the 160 km formation maintenance maneuvers on Wednesday/Thursday.

A 3-year long term ephemeris has been generated and an SPK version has been uploaded to the SPS Portal.

Formation: Following is a plot of the definitive quality factor for Orbit 120. The predicted quality factor is overlayed on top. The data starts at about 22 minutes before ROI entry and ends about 31 minutes after ROI exit.

STP-MMS-P40: Spacecraft Constellation Formation Quality. A Quality Factor shall be developed that defines the usefulness of the tetrahedron formation of the four spacecraft that is the product of two functions. One function is a metric of the inner spacecraft separation, and the other is a metric of the tetrahedron shape. This Quality Factor shall be greater than or equal to 0.7 for 80% of the time in the regions of science interest. The regions of science interest are defined as geocentric distances >9 RE for Phase 1, and >15 RE for Phase 2. There is no formation requirement or region of science interest defined during the transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2.

The 'Where-is-mms' figure has been updated to include the probable magnetopause location.

Data processing and availability is being tracked at the DSWG page. As additional data levels and instruments become available, this will be updated.

A formation status figure is being developed for display alongside the 'where-is-mms'. A proposed figure is shown below for comment.

Design and construction of a Burst Data Download Status page is underway and should soon be available for comment. This will serve the SITL team as a source of rapid information regarding which of the requested data packets have been downloaded, held, or otherwise managed.

Quicklook data continues to be available. Please provide feedback on the plots to Kristopher.Larsen@lasp.colorado.edu.

INFORMATION TO TEAMS:

1a. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

It has been noted before in various meetings and presentations, but SPDF maintains a Java application (SKTEditor) to aid in constructing and analyzing the compliance of the structure and metadata of a CDF to the general ISTP guidelines and to specific extensions adapted by MMS. The compliance check functions can also be installed as command-line functions. The use of these tools is strongly recommended when designing or modifying a CDF template.

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS: DECISION: Our LANL L2 ephemeris/attitude team will assess and give feedback.

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

3. ACTION FOR JUNE 9: STATUS SUMMARY ON ALL CHAPTERS OF SCIENCE DATA USER'S GUIDE

deliverables include updates to the Data Products xcel file posted to this site; this is the list that will be helpful for quick reference

Agenda• Commissioning updates • Ops / SITL coordination <-- see detailed schedule at the end of today's agenda and also at this link – Aug SITL training telecons will be announced soon

• MMS online workshops:

SWG Science Telecons – Mon. 7/20 at 4:00 pm Central and Fri. 7/24 at 9:00 am Central. The first workshop will focus on preparations for Phase 1 analysis. The second one will focus on kicking off commissioning phase publications. Detailed agendas will be available for each. Any team members can participate, no one is excluded.

Notes from Jim: The objective is to work on specific events as a team rather than with individual instrument studies. One event that I know of is June 22, and there may be one or two others to consider. I suggest that we prepare by making sure the CDF files for each instrument are installed in the SDC and that SPEDAS code is also available for all the instruments. This way we can all look at the full data set in the same way and with the approach we decided to take both for the MMS team and for the larger community.

REGULAR REPORTS:

What other conferences need to be added? It will be best if ALL your potential travel – through January 2016 – is reflected here

Will add EGU (17-22 April 2016 in Vienna) and COSPAR (30 July - 6 August 2016 in Istanbul) shortly

AUG 5 IS AGU ABSTRACT DEADLINE! Invited Authors MUST NOT submit their abstract until they receive an email from the online invitation system with detailed instructions. Conveners will be organizing the abstracts received to the special session between 24 August and 4 September. Plans for oral and poster sessions will be finalized by the AGU section secretaries beginning Sept 9.

Flight Dynamics Report:

The formation initialization successfully executed and MMS is now in 160-km formation.

The next maneuver is a formation maintenance maneuver and is predicted to occur on Jul 29/30 (rev 139/140)

Formation: Following is a plot of the definitive quality factor for Orbit 120. The predicted quality factor is overlayed on top. The data starts at about 22 minutes before ROI entry and ends about 31 minutes after ROI exit.

STP-MMS-P40: Spacecraft Constellation Formation Quality. A Quality Factor shall be developed that defines the usefulness of the tetrahedron formation of the four spacecraft that is the product of two functions. One function is a metric of the inner spacecraft separation, and the other is a metric of the tetrahedron shape. This Quality Factor shall be greater than or equal to 0.7 for 80% of the time in the regions of science interest. The regions of science interest are defined as geocentric distances >9 RE for Phase 1, and >15 RE for Phase 2. There is no formation requirement or region of science interest defined during the transition from Phase 1 to Phase 2.

Design and construction of a Burst Data Download Status page is underway and should soon be available for comment. This will serve the SITL team as a source of rapid information regarding which of the requested data packets have been downloaded, held, or otherwise managed.

PREPARATIONS FOR PUBLIC RELEASE:

MMS Data Descriptions in SPASE: Bob McGuire talked to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) lead for their support for MMS data descriptions in SPASE and access services (Jan Merka). While VMO will do the detailed work to create these descriptions, the project has responsibility to assist them in assembling the needed metadata, answering questions and reviewing the descriptions as they are generated. Since we’re less than a year from public release of MMS data, this is a good time for them to get started. Although the VMO is a separate project from SPDF, SPDF works closely with them and are confident that the desired goals can best be met for MMS through this arrangement. Direct data access will be required as datasets start production, and the VMO will download sample files from the SDC as a starting point to create draft SPASE data descriptions. Obviously as with SPDF staff, data will only be downloaded to best enable our support of MMS, no data will be made publicly accessible before MMS makes data publicly available and will not be used by staff for science studies before MMS makes data publicly available.

PROPOSAL: EOS or similar article announcing the start of Phase 1A and expectations for data access?

INFORMATION TO TEAMS:

1a. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

It has been noted before in various meetings and presentations, but SPDF maintains a Java application (SKTEditor) to aid in constructing and analyzing the compliance of the structure and metadata of a CDF to the general ISTP guidelines and to specific extensions adapted by MMS. The compliance check functions can also be installed as command-line functions. The use of these tools is strongly recommended when designing or modifying a CDF template.

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

ITF TEAMS USE THEIR INTERNAL SOFTWARE TO ANALYZE DATA AND DECIDE SELECTIONS – NOT EVA (although EVA could be used to view data)

Selections entered on ticket by ~8PM EASTERN ON WEDNESDAY

SuperSITL

Aug 5DOY 217Wed

E:2015/217-12:57:00X:2015/218-03:02:30

ABS:2015/219-00:00DUE:2015/219-08:00

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

SuperSITL

Aug 6DOY 218Thur

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

SuperSITL

Aug 7DOY 219Fri

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

Aug 8-Aug 15

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SuperSITL

Aug 17

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

SITL Team

Sept 1

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

SITL Team

1 Assumptions: avg burst downlink rate: 1.5 mb/s during DSN passes that do not include maneuvers.

NOTES ON FAST SURVEY: The SDC runs FIELDS processing 60 minutes after the end of each scheduled DSN contact. The processing itself takes about 60 minutes. Thus, roughly two hours after each DSN contact ends you should see processed results from all telemetry that came down. The SDC also does a FIELDS run at the start of each UTC day, for the UTC day starting 48 hours prior. This fills in gaps from the contact-based schedule. SDC also does FEEPS processing two hours after the FIELDS UTC day processing. Can do contact-based processing for FEEPS, but care not until nominal operations occur. Will do something similar for EIS and FPI when that comes into the SDC.

NOTES ON BDM PROCESSING: The metadata from which BDM performs its evaluation is commanded to downlink around perigee plus 1.5 hours.

REGULAR REPORTS:

What other conferences need to be added? It will be best if ALL your potential travel – through January 2016 – is reflected here

AUG 5 IS AGU ABSTRACT DEADLINE! Invited Authors MUST NOT submit their abstract until they receive an email from the online invitation system with detailed instructions. Conveners will be organizing the abstracts received to the special session between 24 August and 4 September. Plans for oral and poster sessions will be finalized by the AGU section secretaries beginning Sept 9.

The first half of the first formation initialization maneuver appears to have been successful last night. July 10 is the second burn in the initialization. Formation initialization trim is planned for on Jul 14 and Jul 17. There is a possibility of waiving the trim if the two initialization burns exceed expectations.

Definitive Ephemeris processing changed in response to request from Ken Bromund. New ephems starting on DOY 182. (Reminder: FDOA generates a 10-week predicted ephem every week and a 14-day predicted ephem every orbit.

The 'Where-is-MMS' figure has been moved to a publicly available location. If you are mirroring this figure on another website, you will need to update the path. (Note: there is a public version with explanation at: http://mms.rice.edu/mms/about_where_is_mms.php ).

Design and construction of a Burst Data Download Status page is underway and should soon be available for comment. This will serve the SITL team as a source of rapid information regarding which of the requested data packets have been downloaded, held, or otherwise managed.

EFFORT TO ASK FOR MORE CONTACT TIME FOR BURST DATA DOWNLOAD

By the time of the Aug 25 review at GSFC

Power on transmitters was one of the issues – now not an issue, competition for the DSN was an issue – unknown what pressure exists over the next year need to find that out, overall MMS budget was an issue.

Tai Phan's paper has a section regarding the Tail science and what can be brought down.

send comments/suggestions to Jim, Roy, and Barbara

NEWS:

Jim Burch intends to schedule a webex soon to view/discuss MMS data from the June 22-23 storm.

REMINDER/SUMMARY ABOUT THE SUN-PULSE/SUN SENSOR OFFSET:

The CIDP to Instrument ICDs specify that the Sun Pulse sent to the instruments is as follows: “A ‘sun-crossing’ event is when the plane defined by the +X axis and the +Z axis encounters the center of the sun.”

However, the DSS is physically located approximately 76 degrees off of the spacecraft +X-axis. The DSS generates the Sun Pulse and sends it to the spacecraft C&DH which then passes it on to the CIDP. This is done in hardware on the C&DH; there is no software handling this process. The CIDP immediately forwards the Sun Pulse to the instruments. Therefore, the instruments receive the Sun Pulse not when the +X axis is pointed at the sun, but rather about 76 degrees prior to the +X axis crossing the sun.

BURST MEMORY OPERATIONS:

GREEN ROW INDICATES ROI CURRENTLY BEING WORKED BY THE SITL

TABLE IS ORDERED BY THE ROI ... THE SITL IS ALWAYS WORKING ONE ORBIT IN THE PAST

OPEN:2015/217-23:30CLOSE:2015/218-08:00

ITF TEAMS USE THEIR INTERNAL SOFTWARE TO ANALYZE DATA AND DECIDE SELECTIONS – NOT EVA (although EVA could be used to view data)

Selections entered on ticket by ~8PM EASTERN ON WEDNESDAY

SuperSITL

Aug 5DOY 217Wed

E:2015/217-12:57:00X:2015/218-03:02:30

ABS:2015/219-00:00DUE:2015/219-08:00

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

SuperSITL

Aug 6DOY 218Thur

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

SuperSITL

Aug 7DOY 219Fri

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

‘pseudo–nominal’

Aug 8-Aug 15

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SITL testing for Phase 1A

SuperSITL

Aug 17

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

Phase 1A Prep

SITL Team

Sept 1

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

START Phase 1A

SITL Team

1 Assumptions: avg burst downlink rate: 1.5 mb/s during DSN passes that do not include maneuvers.

NOTES ON FAST SURVEY: The SDC runs FIELDS processing 60 minutes after the end of each scheduled DSN contact. The processing itself takes about 60 minutes. Thus, roughly two hours after each DSN contact ends you should see processed results from all telemetry that came down. The SDC also does a FIELDS run at the start of each UTC day, for the UTC day starting 48 hours prior. This fills in gaps from the contact-based schedule. SDC also does FEEPS processing two hours after the FIELDS UTC day processing. Can do contact-based processing for FEEPS, but care not until nominal operations occur. Will do something similar for EIS and FPI when that comes into the SDC.

NOTES ON BDM PROCESSING: The metadata from which BDM performs its evaluation is commanded to downlink around perigee plus 1.5 hours.

PREPARATIONS FOR PUBLIC RELEASE:

MMS Data Descriptions in SPASE: Bob McGuire talked to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) lead for their support for MMS data descriptions in SPASE and access services (Jan Merka). While VMO will do the detailed work to create these descriptions, the project has responsibility to assist them in assembling the needed metadata, answering questions and reviewing the descriptions as they are generated. Since we’re less than a year from public release of MMS data, this is a good time for them to get started. Although the VMO is a separate project from SPDF, SPDF works closely with them and are confident that the desired goals can best be met for MMS through this arrangement. Direct data access will be required as datasets start production, and the VMO will download sample files from the SDC as a starting point to create draft SPASE data descriptions. Obviously as with SPDF staff, data will only be downloaded to best enable our support of MMS, no data will be made publicly accessible before MMS makes data publicly available and will not be used by staff for science studies before MMS makes data publicly available.

PROPOSAL: EOS or similar article announcing the start of Phase 1A and expectations for data access?

INFORMATION TO TEAMS:

1a. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

It has been noted before in various meetings and presentations, but SPDF maintains a Java application (SKTEditor) to aid in constructing and analyzing the compliance of the structure and metadata of a CDF to the general ISTP guidelines and to specific extensions adapted by MMS. The compliance check functions can also be installed as command-line functions. The use of these tools is strongly recommended when designing or modifying a CDF template.

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

The commissioning plan to execute one or two orbits of FPI.010.2 as each spacecraft completes activation of those spectrometers on each observatory. Following these FPI.010.2 orbits, the plan is to go to what is being called ‘pseudo-nominal’ operations (as there may be some deviations from the established Orbit-In-The-Life baseline). For example, FPI will go to Neutral after executing FPI.010.2 on each observatory until all four observatories have been completed and we go into the Expanded ROI/Cross-Cal campaign.For reference, here are the dates of interest:July 15 — MMS1 FPI.010.2July 16 – July 30— MMS1 ‘pseudo–nominal’ ops following FPI.010.2July 17 & 18 — MMS3 FPI.010.2July 19 & 20 — MMS2 FPI.010.2July 19 -- July 30 — MMS3 ‘pseudo–nominal’ ops following FPI.010.2July 21 — July 30 — MMS2 ‘pseudo-nominal’ ops following FPI.010.2July 27 & 28* — MMS4 FPI.010.2July 29 & 30* — MMS4 ‘pseudo-nominal’ ops following FPI.010.2July 31-Aug 4/5* — Expanded ROI, all four MMS, for cross-cal/interferenceAug 8 — Aug 15* — SITL, all four MMS, official time period to wring out the SITL system prior to Phase 1A start* = may be able to move earlier as HPCA activities advance on MMS4.

BARREL-MMS Conjunction: Early August

INFORMATION TO TEAMS:

1. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

2. FYI to ITF TEAMS: MMS Data Descriptions in SPASE: Bob McGuire talked to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) lead for their support for MMS data descriptions in SPASE and access services (Jan Merka). While VMO will do the detailed work to create these descriptions, the project has responsibility to assist them in assembling the needed metadata, answering questions and reviewing the descriptions as they are generated. Since we’re less than a year from public release of MMS data, this is a good time for them to get started. Although the VMO is a separate project from SPDF, SPDF works closely with them and are confident that the desired goals can best be met for MMS through this arrangement. Direct data access will be required as datasets start production, and the VMO will download sample files from the SDC as a starting point to create draft SPASE data descriptions. Obviously as with SPDF staff, data will only be downloaded to best enable our support of MMS, no data will be made publicly accessible before MMS makes data publicly available and will not be used by staff for science studies before MMS makes data publicly available.

3. IN WORK – PROVIDE INPUT TO THESE FDOA Questions:

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

Just completed second set of orbit stabilization last week. Everything went well. These small maneuvers stopped our slow drift to bring the spacecraft at a good separation prior to our formation initialization so as to minimize its size.

Now preparing for first formation initialization maneuver (July 7 Burn 1 and July 10 burn 2)

Started delivering the def ephems as processed from the spacecraft without adding the mass

INFORMATION TO TEAMS:

1. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

2. FYI to ITF TEAMS: MMS Data Descriptions in SPASE: Bob McGuire talked to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) lead for their support for MMS data descriptions in SPASE and access services (Jan Merka). While VMO will do the detailed work to create these descriptions, the project has responsibility to assist them in assembling the needed metadata, answering questions and reviewing the descriptions as they are generated. Since we’re less than a year from public release of MMS data, this is a good time for them to get started. Although the VMO is a separate project from SPDF, SPDF works closely with them and are confident that the desired goals can best be met for MMS through this arrangement. Direct data access will be required as datasets start production, and the VMO will download sample files from the SDC as a starting point to create draft SPASE data descriptions. Obviously as with SPDF staff, data will only be downloaded to best enable our support of MMS, no data will be made publicly accessible before MMS makes data publicly available and will not be used by staff for science studies before MMS makes data publicly available.

3. IN WORK – PROVIDE INPUT TO THESE FDOA Questions:

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

Be sure to enter your information AS SOON AS YOU THINK YOU MIGHT ATTEND. Waiting until someone sends a notice that the deadline is approaching will not be our best approach. Reminders are only likely for very large meetings.

What you write for your specific role at the meeting does matter. When an attendance quota is applied this may be the only information available for the decision makers – and the decision makers may or may not be well familiar with the Heliophysics community. When audits are performed and further travel rules are considered, it really is best to have actionable information in the system.

4. REMINDER: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab. To check your version of CDF and last leap second installed:

- For the CDF library version on your system, type at the terminal command line:

5. FYI to ITF TEAMS: MMS Data Descriptions in SPASE: Bob McGuire talked to the Virtual Magnetospheric Observatory (VMO) lead for their support for MMS data descriptions in SPASE and access services (Jan Merka). While VMO will do the detailed work to create these descriptions, the project has responsibility to assist them in assembling the needed metadata, answering questions and reviewing the descriptions as they are generated. Since we’re less than a year from public release of MMS data, this is a good time for them to get started. Although the VMO is a separate project from SPDF, SPDF works closely with them and are confident that the desired goals can best be met for MMS through this arrangement. Direct data access will be required as datasets start production, and the VMO will download sample files from the SDC as a starting point to create draft SPASE data descriptions. Obviously as with SPDF staff, data will only be downloaded to best enable our support of MMS, no data will be made publicly accessible before MMS makes data publicly available and will not be used by staff for science studies before MMS makes data publicly available.

Agreement is that a minimum of 2hrs of burst data (x2s/c = 4 Hrs) will be downloaded. The remaining data will be brought down on a best effort basis. SITL tool will be exercised to select and prioritize burst segments for download. Barbara Giles is designated SITL for this event --> the FPI team plans a Webex for the burst selections to ensure all ITF priority segments are queued.

UPCOMING: ????: BARREL-MMS Conjunction: need details on this for SITL planning --> working this... Early August ... around 10th of August.

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

2. ACTION: All MMS Teams and Team Members Need to Upgrade to the latest (3.6) CDF Release

For correct interpretation of time tags for data taken after June 30, 2015, please advertise within all the MMS teams that is important to upgrade your CDF s/w to version 3.6 (at http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov) This includes updating the SPDF patches for IDL and MatLab

Anticipate that entire 3hrs of burst data (x 4s/c = 12 Hrs) can be downloaded over time. SITL tool will be exercised to select and prioritize burst segments for download. Rick Wilder is designated SITL for this event.

June 22: FPI.010 Orbit 102 – MMS2, MMS3 – Orbit in the life

Agreement is that a minimum of 2hrs of burst data (x2s/c = 4 Hrs) will be downloaded. The remaining data will be brought down on a best effort basis. SITL tool will be exercised to select and prioritize burst segments for download. Barbara Giles is designated SITL for this event --> the FPI team plans a Webex for the burst selections to ensure all ITF priority segments are queued.

4. NASA Conference Tracking

We realize that Conference Tracking can be confusing. Our intent here is to simply the steps for all involved <-- and yes you're welcome to groan and offer snide comments on this point.

Determine your meeting on the tracking page; if "OPEN", go to the link; if "CLOSED", contact the MMS Project Scientist for any recourse.

In the conference page, there are two places to enter information (which originates from the NCTS form attached) – add yourself to the table at the top and write 1-2 sentences further below

Project Scientist Office admin enters info into the NCTS system; entry into the NCTS system will trigger an email (like this);

NCTS decision on travel approval is promised not later than 30 days prior to the conference; decision will trigger another email (like this).

Project Scientist Office admin indicates decisions on conference page and "exports to PDF" the final list of conference travelers for use by the appropriate Contracting Officers in the process of approving reimbursements.

4. DISCUSSIONS ON IMPLEMENTING MMS SPEDAS MODULE

DSWG will review naming standards to see if any additional standards are needed; value is that existing standards will not be changed.

IN PROGRESS: Who is using the spacecraft mass information listed in the definitive ephemerides? Can depend on fuel history report instead? Adding spacecraft mass to the FDOA product significantly slows the processing stream. The information is available elsewhere although not on the same schedule. DECISION: Leave spacecraft mass parameter in the CDF file blank for now; assess benefits to processing stream and the potential for removing/replacing the parameter as we enter Phase E.

IN PROGRESS:

Is the overlap report used by the science team? If so, is it providing enough information to understand the accuracy of the definitive vs predicted ephemeris?

Is the magnetic field crossing report really doing what it was intended to do? Is the information useful or is there a more desired coordinate system.

Currently, all MMS team members have access to both this website (the LASP MMS Confluence site) and all the MMS SDC data via the SDC website. As the MMS team expands, we want to streamline the account creation process. Thus, the following is proposed as the procedure for new MMS accounts.

Accounts for access to this SWT site can be send directly from the requestor. Affiliated team lead will be notified.

Access to the MMS data via the SDC website must be requested by a team lead.

All requests should take the form of an email to the SDC lead (kristopher.larsen@lasp.colorado.edu), and include the following:

4.MMS Formation resize targets confirmation: heard that there was a request to change the Phase 1a campaign separationsFROM 160. 60, 25, 10 TO 160, 60, 30, 10. FDOA wants to be sure that this is indeed the confirmed decision. IF SO, NEEDS A FLARES TICKET OR OTHER FORMAL CHANGE REQUEST.

Still assessing quality of interpolations across large data gaps (hours) and intervals where overlapping FDOA estimates provide slightly different values.

S/C

Models

Dates Processed

Missing Days

Gaps in Eph

MMS1

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS2

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS3

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS4

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

Notes on FDOA data products to date:

The prime source for definitive information is currently the Flight Dynamics Facility- FDF (ground orbit determination)

The nominal Phase E GEONS/Navigator (on-board orbit determination) system is working well and, like many instruments, is not yet fully commissioned. The system is sensitive to the spacecraft spin rate.

To date, both the GEONS (when available and appropriate data are collected) and the FDF solutions have been used to deliver definitive ephemerides to the SDC.

The FDF solution is sensitive to missed tracking data which sometimes occurred in the early part of the mission. In addition, in the early part of the mission, a batch process was used for the orbit determination which led to some discontinuities in data file overlaps. That, coupled with the missed passes, created some larger overlaps.

Until GEONS becomes the prime source of our orbit determination (launch + ~ 8 weeks) and the spin rate is at the expected mission value, the definitive information may suffer from inaccuracies.

When commissioning is completed, along with the definitive ephemerides, FDOA will deliver a definitive to predictive comparison product which will quantify how well the predicted agrees with the definitive.

Most periods since launch now have a definitive product available through the SDC. There are a few exceptions, please let Barbara know if the predictive information is not sufficient for your use.

Burst Team is planning for two sessions: (1) small group training of first SITL Scientists, concentrating on use of EVA; and (2) SWT-wide group review/discussion of actual TDNs and potential SITL data products, plus Phase 1A science approach.

Still assessing quality of interpolations across large data gaps (hours) and intervals where overlapping FDOA estimates provide slightly different values.

S/C

Models

Dates Processed

Missing Days

Gaps in Eph

MMS1

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS2

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS3

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS4

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 8, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

Notes on FDOA data products to date:

The prime source for definitive information is currently the Flight Dynamics Facility- FDF (ground orbit determination)

The nominal Phase E GEONS/Navigator (on-board orbit determination) system is working well and, like many instruments, is not yet fully commissioned. The system is sensitive to the spacecraft spin rate.

To date, both the GEONS (when available and appropriate data are collected) and the FDF solutions have been used to deliver definitive ephemerides to the SDC.

The FDF solution is sensitive to missed tracking data which sometimes occurred in the early part of the mission. In addition, in the early part of the mission, a batch process was used for the orbit determination which led to some discontinuities in data file overlaps. That, coupled with the missed passes, created some larger overlaps.

Until GEONS becomes the prime source of our orbit determination (launch + ~ 8 weeks) and the spin rate is at the expected mission value, the definitive information may suffer from inaccuracies.

When commissioning is completed, along with the definitive ephemerides, FDOA will deliver a definitive to predictive comparison product which will quantify how well the predicted agrees with the definitive.

Most periods since launch now have a definitive product available through the SDC. There are a few exceptions, please let Barbara know if the predictive information is not sufficient for your use.

Burst Team proposal is for two sessions: (1) small group training of first SITL Scientists, concentrating on use of EVA; and (2) SWT-wide group review/discussion of actual TDNs and potential SITL data products, plus Phase 1A science approach.

SITL training agenda for these two sessions under formulation here. Please review and improve.

Prep for the Trainers only: Burst team preparation for SITL training on Monday, May 18th, 9am to 12pm, LASP N100.

AN EMAIL WITH PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS WILL GO OUT THIS AFTERNOON OR TOMORROW MORNING (and will be posted here). Basically, trainees need to (1) be familiar with the BADCO and the SDC-to-SITL ICD and (2) prepare your laptop with IDL and the EVA code.

Currently assessing quality of interpolations across large data gaps (hours) and intervals where overlapping FDOA estimates provide slightly different values.

S/C

Models

Dates Processed

Missing Days

Gaps in Eph

MMS1

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 4, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS2

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 4, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS3

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 4, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS4

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - May 4, 2015

None

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

Notes on FDOA data products to date:

The prime source for definitive information is currently the Flight Dynamics Facility- FDF (ground orbit determination)

The nominal Phase E GEONS/Navigator (on-board orbit determination) system is working well and, like many instruments, is not yet fully commissioned. The system is sensitive to the spacecraft spin rate.

To date, both the GEONS (when available and appropriate data are collected) and the FDF solutions have been used to deliver definitive ephemerides to the SDC.

The FDF solution is sensitive to missed tracking data which sometimes occurred in the early part of the mission. In addition, in the early part of the mission, a batch process was used for the orbit determination which led to some discontinuities in data file overlaps. That, coupled with the missed passes, created some larger overlaps.

Until GEONS becomes the prime source of our orbit determination (launch + ~ 8 weeks) and the spin rate is at the expected mission value, the definitive information may suffer from inaccuracies.

When commissioning is completed, along with the definitive ephemerides, FDOA will deliver a definitive to predictive comparison product which will quantify how well the predicted agrees with the definitive.

Most periods since launch now have a definitive product available through the SDC. There are a few exceptions, please let Barbara know if the predictive information is not sufficient for your use.

Burst Team proposal is for two sessions: (1) small group training of first SITL Scientists, concentrating on use of EVA; and (2) SWT-wide group review/discussion of actual TDNs and potential SITL data products, plus Phase 1A science approach.

SITL training agenda for these two sessions under formulation here. Please review and improve.

Burst team preparation for SITL training on Monday, May 18th, 9am to 12pm, LASP N100.

Status report on production of L2 products.Automated processing of FDOA files is ongoing. No processing has been done using the OP77 model – it does not work well at MMS distances.

Currently reprocessing all files due to error in splitting FDOA multi-day files into daily filees.

S/C

Models

Dates Processed

Missing Days

Gaps in Eph

MMS1

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - April 25, 2015

April 8-9

April 8-9,

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS2

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - April 25, 2015

April 8-9

April 8-9,

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS3

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - April 25, 2015

April 8-9

April 8-9,

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

MMS4

T89D,T89Q,TS04D

March 13 - April 25, 2015

April 8-9

April 8-9,

April 10, 12:00-20:30

April 24, 12:00-19:00

Notes on FDOA data products to date:

The prime source for definitive information is currently the Flight Dynamics Facility- FDF (ground orbit determination)

The nominal Phase E GEONS/Navigator (on-board orbit determination) system is working well and, like many instruments, is not yet fully commissioned. The system is sensitive to the spacecraft spin rate.

To date, both the GEONS (when available and appropriate data are collected) and the FDF solutions have been used to deliver definitive ephemerides to the SDC.

The FDF solution is sensitive to missed tracking data which sometimes occurred in the early part of the mission. In addition, in the early part of the mission, a batch process was used for the orbit determination which led to some discontinuities in data file overlaps. That, coupled with the missed passes, created some larger overlaps.

Until GEONS becomes the prime source of our orbit determination (launch + ~ 8 weeks) and the spin rate is at the expected mission value, the definitive information may suffer from inaccuracies.

When commissioning is completed, along with the definitive ephemerides, FDOA will deliver a definitive to predictive comparison product which will quantify how well the predicted agrees with the definitive.

Most periods since launch now have a definitive product available through the SDC. There are a few exceptions, please let Barbara know if the predictive information is not sufficient for your use.

The prime source for definitive information is currently the Flight Dynamics Facility- FDF (ground orbit determination)

GEONS/Navigator (on-board orbit determination) has been working very well but has not been fully commissioned and is sensitive to the spacecraft spin rate.

Both GEONS (when agreeing with the prime source) and the FDF solution have been used to deliver definitive ephemerides.

The FDF solution is sensitive to missed tracking data which many occurred in the early part of the mission. In addition, in the early part of the mission, a batch process was used for the orbit determination which leads to discontinuity in the overlap. That coupled with the missed passes created larger overlap.

1.MMS Payload Status. Please make necessary corrections. Teams should feel free to add a link to a chart or two if desired. This page is reflected at our Public MMS Science Website, and open to all.

FPI Status: FPI continues its initial HV activities that are focused on verifying operational integrity and characterizing noise sources through the system. The DES and DIS spectrometers are operated in pairs, moving systematically through the 16 quadrants of the combined set of observatories. As of this morning we have completed five of the 16 quadrants. See example DES results here.

2. SWT Planning

Discussion of first papers -- special issue of GRL. There's always the possibility of a Science paper.

7. Reminder: MMS launch shirts and patches. Pat Reiff is having them modify the patch (which is also on the shirt) so that "Magnetospheric Multiscale" is in red and easier to read. Shirt is now also available in youth sizes. Pat thanks all who have ordered... She's almost to the 24-shirt minimum but below the 24-patch minimum. http://www.spaceupdate.com/store/mms.html. Specify if you want a different color shirt in the "comments" section.

7. Reminder: MMS launch shirts and patches. Pat Reiff is having them modify the patch (which is also on the shirt) so that "Magnetospheric Multiscale" is in red and easier to read. Shirt is now also available in youth sizes. Pat thanks all who have ordered... She's almost to the 24-shirt minimum but below the 24-patch minimum. http://www.spaceupdate.com/store/mms.html. Specify if you want a different color shirt in the "comments" section.

1.MMS Payload Status. Please make necessary corrections. Teams should feel free to add a link to a chart or two if desired. The intent is that this page will be reflected at our Public MMS Science Website, and open to anyone.

2. Please be aware that there are at least two known "bugs" connected with this collaboration site; they are being worked and we ask your patience in the meantime.

If you are editing a page and choose to "cancel", you are directed to an "error" page and will need to use your bookmarks to return to your workspace

When you log-in you may be directed to a page you didn't anticipate or to an "error" page, again you will need to use your bookmarks to return to the place you intended to be.

The best way to avoid having problems when selecting links from the main page is to log in immediately, navigate back to the main page, and then proceed as you normally would.

b) The FDOA defeph files are not up-to-date. Several Missing days so far. Our processing creates daily files and we need 3 DEFEPH files at a time (today, yesterday, tomorrow) to fill out the whole day.

c) With the defeph files that are there, there appear to be some issues. First and foremost is that where the different files overlap in time, the positions do not agree. Comparison of the two files MMS1_DEFEPH_2015074_2015075.V00 and MMS1_DEFEPH_2015073_2015074.V01 are shown in the following two plots: MMS1_GLITCH1.png and MMS1_GLITCH2.png. Differences in the overlap region are on the order of several hundred km. Other regions of overlap show smaller differences (why don't they match?)

8. Last chance to order MMS launch shirts and patches. Pat Reiff is having them modify the patch (which is also on the shirt) so that "Magnetospheric Multiscale" is in red and easier to read. Shirt is now also available in youth sizes. Pat thanks all who have ordered... She's almost to the 24-shirt minimum but below the 24-patch minimum. http://www.spaceupdate.com/store/mms.html. Specify if you want a different color shirt in the "comments" section.

b) The FDOA defeph files are not up-to-date. Several Missing days so far. Our processing creates daily files and we need 3 DEFEPH files at a time (today, yesterday, tomorrow) to fill out the whole day.

c) With the defeph files that are there, there appear to be some issues. First and foremost is that where the different files overlap in time, the positions do not agree. Comparison of the two files MMS1_DEFEPH_2015074_2015075.V00 and MMS1_DEFEPH_2015073_2015074.V01 are shown in the following two plots: MMS1_GLITCH1.png and MMS1_GLITCH2.png. Differences in the overlap region are on the order of several hundred km. Other regions of overlap show smaller differences (why don't they match?)

3. Review status of MMS Science Web Site and preparations for data capture and release